January 2012 Newsletter

Dear Residents,

Happy 2012 everyone!

An eventful year has passed us – it all seemed so surreal as if 2011 just began. How fast time flew past us all!

One thing is for sure. Climate changes have become more evident with heavy storms, including hailstones a few months ago hitting USJ 11/3. And now, we are all experiencing very hot weather. We are not spared as far as climate change is concern – hence do spare a thought when we start to generate carbon with our insatiable appetite for energy. Learn to switch off lights or electrical appliances should you not be using them.

One other important issue, we would like to highlight is the collection which has seemed to have dwindled drastically in the last few months. As we have mentioned so many times before, the security services in our area are from contributions of the residents here. Without your continual support, we may have to compromise our safety and the safety of our families as this service may eventually grind to a halt should we run out of funds.

For your information, the fee is capped still at RM50 a month, payable every six months, for a 24 hour non-stop security services. We do not intend to increase the fees as we would like to make sure it is an affordable service for all of us.

Please make your payment to your respective Street Leaders if you have not done so. All checks should be made payable to “Persatuan Penduduk USJ 11/3, Subang Jaya, Selangor”. Please do remember to ask for your receipts.

Annual General Meeting:

Our annual AGM for our Resident’s Association is confirmed on Saturday, 18 February 2012 at the USJ 11/3 playground at 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

For your information, your present committee has been serving you diligently for the last 3 years. The time has come to hand the reins over to a new committee who can carry on the task of overseeing the operations of the security services, etc.

Hence, we would like to invite all our paying residents to nominate potential candidates to the new committee. Please note - nominations and voting will be restricted to paying members only. Elections for the new Committee will be carried out during the AGM. Please do come forward if you think you can contribute to the well being of our “kampong”.

Also, at the AGM, we will be presenting paying and non-paying residents list and the accounts for 2011. You can scrutinize the accounts in more detail then.

Family Day Party:

Right after the AGM at the same location, we will be having a family day party where you can also get to know your new Committee for 2012. Our ADUN who has generously provided some funds will be joining us for this event. There will be free food and drinks including light entertainment. So come and join in for a night of fun in our ‘kampung”. All are welcomed.

Maintenance:

Maintenance work such as repairs and painting will be carried out on our infrastructure for our security such as our guard house, the chain link fence, the drums, etc. We apologize if there may be inconvenienced caused.

We will also be requesting MPSJ to build a high fence behind the new bungalows just next to the Futsal court in our USJ 11/3 playground, to prevent balls from being kicked into the compound of the two bungalows.

Security Services:

The committee has already met with the Police recently to look into illegal workers working in our area. With the assistance from the police, we can take preventive measures and ensure the that our area is free from potential threats from criminals.

As per our last Newsletter, compact cameras for guards manning the entrance will be issued soon. This is to capture drivers coming into our area who may refuse to sign on the forms provided or if they appear suspicious. The guards will be trained to use the camera. We hope with this additional measure, we will be able to enhance our security and will act as an effective deterrent against potential criminals.

And finally, with Chinese New Year just a couple of weeks away, the Committee would like to wish all our Chinese friends, “Gong Xi Fa Cai” and may the year of the Dragon brings you good health and prosperity!


Thank you.

The Committee
11 Trees @ USJ

December 2011 Newsletter

Dear Residents,

On behalf of the residents in USJ 11/3, we would like to welcome our new neighbors who have moved in or are in the midst of moving into our neighborhood. We would like to let you know that the security services are from contributions of the residents here. We hope you will support along with the rest of us for the sake of our safety and the safety of our families.

The fee is RM50 a month payable every six months, for a 24 hour non-stop security services. You can make payment to your respective Street Leaders. Their names and contact are published in the website. Please contact them or any of the Committee members should you have any queries.

Meanwhile for our existing members, collection for your security services for the period of October 2011 – March 2012 is still on-going. Please do make your payments as soon as possible if you have not already done so.

Please make your cheque payable to “Persatuan Penduduk USJ 11/3, Subang Jaya, Selangor”. Please make sure the name is complete and do pass it to your Street Leader once you have done that. Do remember to ask for your receipts as you will need it in event of insurance claims.

As usual, here are some latest updates to keep you in the know.


Annual General Meeting:

We will be having our AGM for our Resident’s Association on Saturday, 18 February 2012. The venue will be at the USJ 11/3 playground at 4:30pm. We are inviting all of you to attend this important meeting whereby the audited accounts will be presented along with the paying and non-paying residents list. Elections for the new Committee will also be conducted so please do attend.

This will be followed by our “Get to know your new Committee for 2012” family gathering. We will be inviting some VIPs to come and grace the occasion where free food and drinks will be served that night. This will also give us the opportunity to get all the residents together for a night of fun in our ‘kampung”. More details to follow in future newsletters.


Insurance Claim for Burglar Victim in USJ 11/3L:

The Committee will be handing over a cheque of about RM10,000 to another victim in USJ 11/3L. They were victims of a robbery by a masked gang a few months ago. The money was claimed on their behalf from the Insurance Company where we took the policy from.

Just so you know, this is the second claim we have made from the Insurance Company. The first was for a burglar victim from USJ 11/3A of which payment was also made to them a couple of months ago.

For your information, the Insurance Policy, which is still in force, was taken out by the Committee to cover all the paying resident’s losses in event of a burglar/robbery in their homes with the security funds that we have collected. Again, we hope all the residents will continue to support our security scheme by continuing to pay the subscriptions.

Here is a very important reminder - please ensure you keep the receipts for the subscription to prove that you have made payment as without that we cannot make the claims.


Maintenance:

Maintenance work such as repairs and painting will be carried out on our infrastructure for our security such as our guard house, the chain link fence, the drums, etc. We apologize if there may be inconvenienced caused.

We will also be requesting a high fence be built behind the new bungalows, just new to the Futsal court in our USJ 11/3 playground, to prevent balls from being kicked into their compound.


Security Services:

With many new security guards being deployed in our area, we noticed that some of these new guards failed to carry out their duties properly. We have taken up this matter with the security company concerned to ensure that such issues are addressed. If you do come across the guards not doing their duty, kindly note down the time, date and if possible the guard’s name (or a photo of them) and pass this information to the Committee for further action.

With so many renovations going on, we will also be getting the Police to make checks on the renovation sites so as to ensure that there are no illegal workers, working in our area. There have been cases of petty crime reported near to some of these houses under renovation. Although we do not know if these workers at these construction sites were the culprits, we would, nonetheless, like to take some precautionary measures by ensuring these checks are carried out.

An innovative idea has been contributed by one of our residents on the improvement of our security in our area. We will be introducing compact cameras to the guards manning the entrance into our area. In cases where the drivers coming into our area, refuses to sign on the forms provided or if they appear suspicious, the guards will snap a picture of their vehicles and their faces for our record using these compact cameras.
It will be time stamped and will be kept for a period of time where the pictures will be deleted if it is not needed. So next time your friends and relatives are stopped at the check-points, tell them to “SMILE” as they may be photographed by our guards!

This will also act as a deterrent to “would-be-criminals” as their faces and cars will be captured by these compact cameras besides our CCTV.


Seasons Greeting:

With the holiday season just around the corner, we would like to remind all residents going away during this period to exercise care and take the necessary precaution by securing your homes, leave the light on in your car porch and back lanes and inform your neighbors. Please do leave them your contact so that if anything untoward were to happen, you will be contactable.

This being the last newsletter for 2011, the Committee would like to wish all of our Christian friends, “Merry Christmas” and to the rest of the residents, “Happy New Year”!!


Thank you.

The Committee
11 Trees @ USJ

SEASONS GREETINGS!

Wishing all our Christian residents and friends and Merry Christmas and to the rest Happy Holidays. Stay safe.

And also a very Happy New Year!

Best wishes,

Committee, 11 Trees @ USJ

Diwali Greetings

To all our Hindu Friends - "Happy Deepavali to you and your family

From USJ 11/3 community

October 2011 Newsletter

Dear Residents,

Payment for your security services are up. We are now collecting for the period October 2011 – March 2012. We can only provide this service with your continued support. Please do make your payments as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, here are some latest updates within our area.

We have taken various measures to beef up our security in our area due to the escalating crime in and around our area. More checks were carried out on vehicles entering into USJ 11/3 without valid car stickers. It has proven to be effective in some ways and we would like to thank all the residents for their kind cooperation.

Payment October 2011 – March 2012:

Please make your cheque out to “Persatuan Penduduk USJ 11/3, Subang Jaya, Selangor”. Please make sure the name is complete and pass it to your Street Leader. Remember to ask for your receipts as you will need it in event of insurance claims.

Your continued support is important for us to ensure we are able to carry out these services. We thank you in advance for your kind support.

Meeting with USJ Police:

Recently, on 10 September 2011, we invited the USJ Police to meet with the residents. We also invited Councillor Rajiv for the meeting. Some 50 residents along with the Committee members came to meet with the Police at the USJ 11/3 padang.

USJ 8 Police Chief, Tuan Inspector Farid along with some of his officers came for the meeting. Tuan Farid then briefed the residents on the incidences of crime and the measures taken to prevent crime in our area. He also mentioned the "MyDistress" application, a service to send distress signal to the police with a touch of a button. The service is provided by a private company and it works on smart-phones only and currently the services are only available in Selangor with plans to roll it out nationwide.

He spoke about the crime rate in our area and has said that the G&G has been very effective in reducing crime in USJ and Subang Jaya in general. He also briefed the residents on the recent Parang gang active in USJ and said the police is doing everything they can to nab these criminals.

Councillor Rajiv briefed the residents on matters of interest such as the development that is currently taking place on the playground and the replacement for Alam Flora as their contract for the garbage collection services had been terminated.

Meeting with Kamal – resident of No. 10 USJ 11/3K:

At that same meeting, we also invited resident Kamal to meet with the residents as he had continued with his complaints to MPSJ and even to KDN in Putrajaya. Several residents particularly the ones living along USJ 11/3K turned up wanting to meet with him.

Despite an official letter sent and many phone calls and SMS made to him inviting him to the meeting, he did not show up. A lot of the residents especially from USJ 11/3K who wanted to meet with him personally to understand what he was complaining about - were disappointed when he did not show up.

Since he did not show up, we will inform MPSJ of his no-show as MPSJ was copied on the invitation to him for the dialogue with the residents.

  

Insurance Claim for Burglar Victim in USJ 11/3A:

The Committee has recently handed over a cheque of about RM10,000 to a burglar victim in USJ 11/3A. They were a victim of a house burglary a few months ago. The money came from the insurance claim which was paid out by the Insurance Company where we took the policy from.

Although the money was not enough to cover their losses and the trauma they had gone through, it was a small relief to the victims.

For your information, the Insurance Policy which is still in force was taken out by the Committee to cover all the paying resident’s losses in event of a burglar/robbery in their homes.  Again, we hope all the residents will continue to support our security scheme by continuing to pay the subscriptions.

Please ensure you keep the receipts to prove that you have made payment as without that we cannot make the claims.

                    

Thank you.

The Committee

11 Trees @ USJ

Letter from concern resident

Dear All,

Just to bring to attention the number of residents whom thinks by dumping their rubbish at public trees or areas will keep their home area cleaner. They think, eventually the garbage collector will collect it. This is happening in USJ 11 / 3 and I believe many other areas and sad because subang jaya / usj is supposed to be a developed area with affordable society. You will be surprise some even drives big cars to dump their rubbish there.

Regretably they do not CARE that by dumping rubbish at those areas, it will expose to crows, cats, other pest and even 'so called recycle scavengers' whom will leave the place dirty and unhygienic. Old sofas  and mattresses left there might even collect rain etc resulting to aedes breeding etc. There is also someone whom dump his spoilt flourescent tube at recycle collection area and hoping will be collected within next few days by the organisation. What happen if someone accidentally step on it etc?

I think about time we have laws to make those caught to do community work instead of just fines. Am sure community work like doing cleanign of public areas will make them understand.

Just sharing!!!

YONG

 

First Insurance Payout

Monday, 3 October 2011

Insurance Payout

Burglary victim gets insurance payout thanks to USJ11/3 Residents Association's initiative

AN innovative initiative to insure all 500 houses who had subscribed to the Gated & Guarded scheme by the USJ11/3 Residents Association paid off when one house owner whose house was burgled received a “small windfall”.K.K. Ng, 64 received his insurance payout of RM9,925 recently from committee members of the association led by its chairman Ng Peng Hin.

“We insured every household for RM10,000 each in the eventuality of a burglary.”

“This is the first claim to be paid out by the insurance company since we started almost a year ago,” Ng said.
According to Ng, every household contributed RM50 monthly for security guards, maintenance of the fencing parameter and CCTV among others under their G&G scheme.

“We had some excess funds from the RM50 we collected from each household. So we invested it in insurance to cover for burglaries,” Ng said. K.K. Ng said although the amount was not enough to cover his losses, he was happy to receive the insurance payout.

“The break-in happened in June and we got the payout this month,” he said.